Town of Garo
Ghost Town
Garo in 1917
Garo in 1917
Town of Garo is located in Colorado
Town of Garo
Town of Garo
Town of Garo is located in the United States
Town of Garo
Town of Garo
Coordinates: 39°06′28″N 105°53′25″W / 39.1078°N 105.8903°W / 39.1078; -105.8903 (Garo)
Country United States
State State of Colorado
County[1]Park County

Garo is an extinct town in South Park in Park County, Colorado, United States. The Garo post office operated from January 29, 1880, until February 28, 1955.[2]

Description

Garo in 2017

The now ghost town is about five miles (8.0 km) north of Hartsel and seven miles (11 km) south of Fairplay along Colorado Highway 9, at an elevation of 9,197 feet (2,803 m).

The community was named after its founder, the area ranchers Marie Guiraud, and for her late husband, Louis Adolfe Guiraud, both natives of France.[3]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
  2. ^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
  3. ^ Laura King Van Dusen, "Marie Guiraud: 1860s Pioneer, Mother of Ten, Widowed at Forty-five, Amassed One of the Largest Estates in Park County Up to 1909", Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1-62619-161-7, pp. 15-20.

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